The global hunger crisis : tackling food insecurity in developing countries /
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| Author / Creator: | Bne Saad, Majda. |
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| Imprint: | London : Pluto Press ; New York : Distributed in the United States of America exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2013. |
| Description: | 1 online resource. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | E-Resource Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9919760 |
| Summary: | For billions across the world, the daily challenge is to find enough to eat to survive. Hunger is on the rise globally with more than 1.2 billion people suffering from food insecurity and poverty and rising food prices increasingly jeopardising access to food. But what are the causes for global hunger? And as the global population soars, what are the key food challenges?<br> <br> <br> <br> In this deeply informative study, Majda Bne Saad identifies the causes for global hunger which are embedded in the current economic system, apportioning blame for global hunger on the West's continuing support for and subsidies to biofuels, which have created persistent and formidable new demands for food commodities. Saad proposes we fight-back, arguing for a 'second green revolution' to grow more food and by analysing the factors constraining low-income nations from achieving food security, she considers policies which could generate income and enhance individuals' entitlement to food.<br> <br> <br> <br> |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
| ISBN: | 1849648603 9781849648608 9780745330686 0745330681 9780745330679 0745330673 |